turn someone down

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Reject an offer or proposal or someone making one
turn down
To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light

When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.''.

turn down
To refuse, decline, or deny

He turned down all our offers of help.

turn down
To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction

Turn down the blankets to let them air out.

turn something down
Adjust a control on an electrical device to reduce the volume, heat, etc
turn down
refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
turn down
reject, refuse; decrease the volume (as of a radio, television etc.)
turn down
reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
turn down
make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
turn down
When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls. He kept turning the central heating down She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume. turn up
turn down
take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom
turn down
{i} nonacceptance, act of refusing or rejecting
turn down
take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"
turn down
If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine? = reject
turn down
refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
turn someone down

    Hyphenation

    turn some·one Down

    Turkish pronunciation

    tırn sʌmwʌn daun

    Pronunciation

    /ˈtərn ˈsəmˌwən ˈdoun/ /ˈtɜrn ˈsʌmˌwʌn ˈdaʊn/

    Etymology

    [ 't&rn ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Old French torner, tourner to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare; akin to Latin.
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